In Depth Ed Interview, 12/12/09 Options

[SJN1279]

12/12/09

Saw this in the multimedia section, figured more people would see it. Its a very good interview with Ed with rare clips. Thanks Liveinside

http://www.hetgesprek.nl/archief/2939/

[SecretInsomnia]

Great interview.

I'm wondering when this was recorded. Last time Ed was in Holland (oct) or later? To me, this Ed didnt look weird at all and is still the Ed we saw for years. (I agree with many that the Christmas song perdormance we saw recently is a bit weird tho).
I recognise the interviewer from a lot of past-interviews with Ed/Live, such as Pinkpop. I think he's really a fan of Live's music.
I liked how the interviewer asked for exact reasons why Ed stopped performing with Live, although I'm not sure if he was aware that the band Live is truly over now. I was a bit disapointed the interviewer didnt start asking about his former bandmembers, but Ed possibly asked him not to do that (before the interview).
It was interesting that Ed had something to tell about why he felt like he didnt want to be in a band anymore, because he felt he lost touch, and he want to get back to how it feels to have the intimate feeling with the audience. But hasn't it been like this all the time? There's always a certain distance when you perform in a band, and that was already the case when they started. So why "returning to that feeling?" Maybe the band split up wasnt only about the contract thing, but also about Ed not really caring about his band anymore (and that's maybe why he didnt care to do things behind the others back).
Good version of Everlasting Love (although I felt like he changed like half of the lyrics? or maybe I just didnt hear it right in the version with the orchestra). It's still a very post-TDTH sounding song, but! I like this song much more than for example The River.
I hope there will be an interview with Ed soon in which he will be confronted with the break up of his band.
And last: I was really suprised that Ed anounced to kinda retiring from music for a while and focussing on other stuff (like photography?!). What about promotion for his album?

[Marije]

I'm wondering when this was recorded. Last time Ed was in Holland (oct) or later? To me, this Ed didnt look weird at all and is still the Ed we saw for years. (I agree with many that the Christmas song perdormance we saw recently is a bit weird tho).
I recognise the interviewer from a lot of past-interviews with Ed/Live, such as Pinkpop. I think he's really a fan of Live's music.
I liked how the interviewer asked for exact reasons why Ed stopped performing with Live, although I'm not sure if he was aware that the band Live is truly over now. I was a bit disapointed the interviewer didnt start asking about his former bandmembers, but Ed possibly asked him not to do that (before the interview).

It was recorded a few days before Ed played with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam, on the 3rd of October 2009.

[SecretInsomnia]

It was recorded a few days before Ed played with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam, on the 3rd of October 2009.

oke, thanks. So that makes it BEFORE Chad wrote that blog. But for them it doenst make a difference, as they probably hadn't spoke with each other for a few months before october